Centrelink completes relocation of customer data centre

October 9, 2003 — 10.00am

Centrelink has completed the relocation of its customer data centre from Sydney to Canberra taking it closer to becoming an e-government organisation that can service its six million customers round the clock.

The data centre relocation was managed in collaboration with IBM and will improve the agency's service levels and minimise the risk of computer outages.

IBM public sector director Tony Best said the relocation involved two trucks transporting more than 300 pieces of computer equipment from Homebush Bay in Sydney to the new data centre in Canberra.

"The equipment was split between trucks so that, if an accident occurred the complete system would not be lost," Best said.

The relocation also included installation of a high-density, integrated fibre management system supporting over 1000km of fibre cores. This cabling system enables dynamic reconfiguration of mainframe and mass storage systems, as well as the supporting infrastructure.